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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

I Cannot Speak of War

I can only speak of soldiers: capturedin nearly a century of photographs.Old eyes in young faces who wearintegrity as easily as their crispdress blues and browns.

I can speak of my grandfather: the doughboylearning a bit of the old parlez-vous with gay mademoiselles baringfrantic smiles and foxholed nightswhen the chauchaut rifle was useless.

I can speak of my father: GI Joe followingin the footsteps of Fat Man through the hotashes of Nagasaki, where watches stopped,Geiger counters clicked and wildflowers bloomed in the nuclear afternoon.

I can speak of my brother: always faithfulto the Corps. The drill instructor of Parris Island, pulling weekend suicide watches - basictraining of grunts into privates – the process of plucking out the few and the proud.

I can speak of my son: nearly a man the day the towers fell. His eyes were unforgiving, dark and newly old. The next custodian turned to face the incoming storm and I placed his picture on the shelf along with the others.

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